Engage solves Alpha Plus Group's MIS problems

Alpha Plus Group

The Alpha Plus Group currently comprises 16 schools and colleges and was founded from the Davies, Laing and Dick Educational Group, founded in 1931.

Alpha Plus Consulting Services

As well as schools and colleges, the Alpha Plus Group offers Consulting Services through,

• Lyn Fry Associates, offering child psychology within London
• Best Practice Network, for education development

Why did Alpha change their existing MIS software?

'We had been struggling with a well known MIS product for many years,' said Alan Holden, Alpha's Support Services Manager. 'Everybody was thoroughly fed up with it.

'The stage had been reached where, as a business, we just had to find a replacement MIS which did what we needed it to do instead of being limited and constricted.

'Whilst each school needed to be able to run itself, Alpha HQ needed to be able to see group performance as a whole.'

Why Engage?

'After researching the market,' said Alan, 'we had a short list of three products. Everybody liked Engage. In particular, the fact that Engage had been created from scratch separated it from the rest.

'The attitude of the staff and the company's business model and attitude was so refreshing. They felt like our type of company.'

It had to be Engage

'The front end of Engage is so simple,' added Alan. 'We had a group of Teachers, Bursars, and Users who all reached the same conclusion. It had to be Engage.'

Engage Deployment

Engage will provide each of the 16 schools with its own MIS, together with providing The Alpha Plus Group HQ a consolidated group overview. The order is worth in excess of £355,000.

The Alpha Plus Group has its HQ in London, and their website is here.


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